Soviet Show Trials, part three
The day after I spoke with Boris Mityashin at his place and agreed to meet again later that week, I heard from him again. Now his voice was extremely tense and his tone urgent. He said he needed to...
View ArticleDossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer
I am re-printing below the entire text of an excellent review of the book Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer. It will give you a little insight into the sordid activities of those who feed on...
View ArticleReduced to a Snarling Kind of Plea
I’m hearing a lot of commentators from both sides of America who are very angry that China and Russia are thumbing their noses at us over Edward Snowden. Leaving aside for the moment all the sneering...
View ArticleDying for Peace
I swore I wasn’t going to write another word on Syria for the time being. I was just going to keep an eagle eye on how the Republicans in Congress were behaving vis a vis Obama’s mad proposal to wage...
View ArticleIt’s Howdy Doody Time
When Barack Hussein Obama first appeared on the national stage, along with his empty resume and blank history, I commented to someone that Obama looked like a Howdy Doody who spent a very long summer...
View ArticleThe UN: As Useless as a Screen Door on a Submarine
The United Nations was a follow-on to the League of Nations that was founded in 1919 in reaction to the carnage of WWI, “the war to end all wars.” The proposal for the League was central to US...
View ArticleObama Chalks Up Victory after Victory (Not)
And thus ends Obama’s War, the one in Afghanistan. He rode into office declaring that country to be in dire jeopardy and swearing to make victory against the terrorists there a focus of his foreign...
View ArticleThe NYT Kicks off the New Year with a Reinterpretation of Fact
So, the New York Times, aka the Whore of Babylon, tells us that Benghazi had nothing to do with terrorism. It was that danged video that was behind everything. And they claim this despite the fact that...
View ArticlePutin Takes the Stage: Great Performance
I’m watching Vladimir Putin now on Rossiya 24 (satellite tv) in a brilliant press conference of the sort Obama can only dream of giving. The Russian leader is speaking spontaneously (the way Marco...
View ArticleWill the US/EU/NATO Take Us to War Over Ukraine?
I watched a presentation on Russian TV by some high-ranking Orthodox Church figure in the ornate robes of that religion talking about war and peace, and expressing his fervent desire that “brothers of...
View ArticleThe Deed is Done, the Die is Rolled
If Russia needed a boost to its national spirit, the Crimea has provided it. No matter what the reality turns out to be, and for sure there are going to be problems — as many as Kiev and the West can...
View ArticleUS Foreign Policy: A Cry for Help
I’ve been working on a piece on domestic political inanity, but am taking a detour to comment on the latest news from DC regarding Russia. Whatever happens at home doesn’t matter if it doesn’t affect...
View ArticleMcCarthyism Lives
Joe McCarthy only found 205 spies in the State Department. Imagine that, and all the hysteria surrounding the claim. Quite recently, nine hundred State Department “professionals” signed a dissent...
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